now day nine hundred ninety eight agreement led to the opening of the border between northern ireland of the republic of ireland both part of the e.u. and those who live along the frontier wanted to stay open believing that a hard border would trigger not just more violence but also more smuggling and shamus murphy is among those who are supportive mildly very angry that people are even talking about the possibility that their worst fears could become a reality. the free. lunch from his home in the republic of ireland seamus murphy shows his friend peter where the irish border runs rex it is a constant topic of conversation and concern for them some cynical humor helps. it would be illegal. to take his dog from. pine trees because pine trees in the republic of ireland a but his dog. would need shots not to. here in the border region people aren't big sticklers about regulations seamus murphy says smuggling was part of everyday life when he was a boy so most of the time the goods involved were fairly innocuous detergent. a couple of sheep in a carrier. almost anybody over fifty years of age have thems

from his home in the republic of ireland seamus murphy shows his friend peter where the irish border runs it is a constant topic of conversation and concern for them some cynical humor helps. it would be illegal. to take his dog. down as far as those pine trees because once he passes the pine trees in the republic of ireland but his dog would not be allowed to and it would need rabies shots not to complain. i have me. here in the border region. people aren't big sticklers about regulations seamus murphy says smuggling was part of everyday life when he was a boy so most of the time the goods involved were fairly innocuous detergent. or a couple of sheep in a carrier. almost anybody over fifty years of age have themselves some smuggling skills and we admired smugglers when we were children there were legends there were robin hood figures in this area so there was no social condemnation of a smuggler smuggling was perfectly respectable business to be in. mc who prefers to keep his last name to himself says he to smuggle goods back then the truck driver brought his cargo across the irish

exit polls in the republic of ireland suggest voters haverwhelmingly backed reforms to the country's divorce laws. and in sport — victory over hearts, lands celtic the treble for the third season in a row. and at half past 11 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewersjohn stapleton and kate proctor — stay with us for that. good evening. the race is on to find the next prime minister after theresa may announced her resignation yesterday. tonight the former brexit secretary dominic raab — and andrea leadsom, who resigned as leader of the house on wednesday — joined the list of conservative mps who've announced they will run. reports in the sunday newspapers also suggest environment secretary michael gove is about to confirm his entrance into the contest. mrs may will stand down as tory leader on the 7th ofjune but stay on as pm while the contest takes place. a new leader's expected to be chosen by the end ofjuly as our political correspondent chris mason reports. look into the camera if you want to be prime minister. the

exit polls in the republic of ireland suggest voters have overwhelmingly backed reforms to the country'sorce laws. president trump arrives injapan for the start of a historic four—day state visit. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster, john stapleton, and the political reporter, kate proctor from the london evening standard. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. it's been quite a weekend, looking forward to the sunday papers. we'll start with the mail on sunday — and it reveals that dominic raab, the former brexit secretary, has become the latest conservative mp to enter the tory leadership race. michael gove will also throw his hat in the ring — that's according to the sunday times. it says the environment secretary makes his case to lead the uk in a podcast interview with the bbc‘s nick robinson. michael gove‘s leadership bid also features in the telegraph. the newspaper says he's pitching himself as a unity candidate, and as the best choice to take onjeremy corbyn. lets turn to the observer. the ob

there's the suggestion that if they are recruiting from india, the philippines, australia, the republic of irelandalth services of those countries as well. it seems extraordinary that we are in this situation with or without brexit. the guardian has this story. children's social medial use has a trivial effect on happiness. it goes against all the information we have had so far or even advice or concern about the impact on young people. it does feel very surprising and if you read into this story, it is a fascinating one. the professor behind it has said there are nuanced reasons behind lack of well—being amongst adolescents but this is actually a sort of review of a number of other studies completed in 2009— 2016. in the last two years we have seen some really very sad cases of children taking their own life as a result of what they are seeing on social media so part of me thinks i am sure there is something in this but it does feel like the discussion has moved ona feel like the discussion has moved on a bit we want this kind of report. interesting. as i say, details online. the guardian have it

exit polls in the republic of ireland suggest voters have overwhelmingly backed reforms to the country'sivorce laws. from the improbable to the almost impossible, to the implausible! and in sport... victory over hearts lands celtic the treble for the third season in a row. and coming up at half past 8: ‘paths to peace‘ — the first of two special programmes on the efforts to rebuild the lives of communities devastated by war. good evening. the race is on to find the next prime minister after theresa may's resignation yesterday. mrs may has said she will stand down onjune 7th, but she'll stay on while the leadership contest takes place. five conservatives have already announced they will stand, but others may add their names to the list. a new leader's expected to be chosen by the end ofjuly, as our political correspondent, chris mason, reports. look into the camera if you want to be prime minister. the contest is on. this man is keen... and so is he. we need a leaderfor the future, not just for now. matt hancock playing on his relative youth. he's a0. he reckons he could clear the way to

the town of them are i mean donald go in the republic of ireland pierce dirty is a shame famed t.d.o. m.p. for gonna go southwest hello everybody thanks for joining us on the screen i'm going to start susan on your twitter feed as a story here you've pinned it to the top of your twitter feed. why we're all talking here susan mckay on your twitter feed my tribute to lira near a mickey didn't die in the cause of irish freedom she was irish freedom and this is your tribute to. the whole world was watching what happened and how this young journalist died what does it tell us about where we are in northern ireland and i and right now this staff with this journalist how would you explain where we are. i think that there's enormous. grief and distress about the death of layer of maccie and i think that's not just because she was a young person she was only twenty nine years old. i think that's partly because in her personality and what she did was kind of like a personification of what we wanted our land to be after the good friday agreement . she was a young gay woman she was a journalist w

exit polls in the republic of ireland suggest voters have overwhelmingly backed reforms to the country'sivorce laws. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster, john stapleton, and the political reporter, kate proctor for the evening standard. tomorrow's front pages are all now in. we'll start with the mail on sunday and it reveals that dominic raab, the former brexit secretary, has now entered the tory leadership race. michael gove is also throwing his hat in the ring — that's on the front page of the sunday times. it says the environment secretary will make his case to lead the uk, in a podcast interview with the bbc‘s nick robinson. the telegraph also leads with michael gove‘s leadership bid. the newspaper says he's pitching himself as a "unity" candidate, and as the best choice to take onjeremy corbyn. let's turn to the observer. it says moderate conservatives are trying to stop borisjohnson becoming prime minister, in order to prevent a no—deal brexit. and borisjohnson is also facing an onslaught from brexiteers —

exit polls in the republic of ireland suggest that voters have overwhelmingly backed reforms to the country'srst of two special programmes on the efforts to rebuild the lives of communities devastated by war. betta ny hughes travels tojordan in paths to peace. years of brutal civil war have ripped syria apart, with horrific devastation to its historical and archaeological heritage. hopeless. no future. nobody is looking forward for the future. your biggest hope is just finding food for your kids whatever. but now, refugees from the war are coming together to learn an ancient craft, creating something beautiful and lasting out of the toughest of materials. their hope that one day they could return to their homeland to use the skills of stone masonry to help rescue their country's shattered heritage and rebuild their broken lives. in its own tiny way it might help to create more peace. here injordan or in syria, maybe this is the first time here in arabian countries, that a lady is working in a stone, in carving a stone. when you build something you start from just a tiny little bit, and this i

news he says there is a risk of a return to violence that leads to a hard border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland. the fear is now that hardliner like boris johnson could take all for who would appear to be in favor of a no do you break. a less the you can give them some something very soft indeed that suits them but it's looking very bad and it's the conclusions for the border situation are ominous not only from a trade point of view but also from a security point of view because there was a long history of. ira type organizations attacking border posts and caused some posts on the border because they symbolize the division of our land by a by the british. empire over the years i can't see. most independent observers cannot see how you can have say chlorinated chicken or argentinian be far far more laden american nice coming in over the border into the south of ireland and into the rest of europe it's just not on it's just the e.u. is a single market and it would have to protect itself against that kind of thing. the rest of the day's news is still ahead right here on the is

her speech mrs may also referred to the issue of the irish backstop — the mechanism to prevent a hard border between northern ireland and the irish republictrevelyan that it still contains the dreaded backstop endangering our union and selling at the people of northern ireland. 0ur ireland correspondent, chris page, joins me now from belfast. what would you pick out from what the prime minister has said about her brexit deal in terms of the irish border? clearly, the opponents of the backstop, the main problem they have is that they say it would leave northern ireland more tied to brussels than it was to london, it would be moving northern ireland away from the uk in economic terms, that in particular has upset the dup, one of the strongest opponents of the backstop and therefore the withdrawal agreement. also the party that theresa may relies on for support in westminster. the ten dup mps essentially keep the minority conservative government in power. theresa may said she had been listening to what she described as unionist concerned, she outlined some ideas to try and assuage those concerns, for example repeating the position the backst

of course keep across all the activity taking place. results coming in from a referendum in ireland indicate that voters have overwhelmingly backed liberalising the republic'saws. with counting complete in more than three—quarters of the constituencies, the ‘yes' vote stands at more than 82 per cent. it comes after ireland backed legalising abortion and gay marriage in other recent votes, as our correspondent louise cullen explains. divorce only became legal in the republic of ireland just over 20 years ago, and that referendum in 1985 passed with a tiny margin, just 50.3%, here we are some 23, 2a years later, and now we're looking at the figures you've just quoted there, more than 80% supporting these changes to the timeframe required for couples to have lived apart. it's a massive amount of change, and social upheaval, really. and voters were asked to vote not just on the timeframe, it was a single question, but two changes — a change to the timeframe for divorce, but also changes to the rules recognising foreign divorces, to make that more consistent in the constitution, and to make life easier, really, for people in this situation. from a country that w

, which is not a popular one in this country, and will probably find more popularity in the republic of irelandof them are killed, and nobody... you know, we expect a higher standard of behaviour from soldiers because they are trained, they are people who have chosen that life. i accept it isa have chosen that life. i accept it is a very difficult life, and i accept that they may feel angry about this, but people were shot in the back that day, and ifind it extraordinary that the backing is towards people who were trained, and went in there and behaved in a way that, to me, is completely inappropriate. i understand why victims families are so angry. inappropriate. i understand why victims families are so angrym inappropriate. i understand why victims families are so angry. it is an unpopular view. we welcome all these here. the sunday telegraph also, this story about britain ‘s cocaine crisis. use of cocaine has doubled in seven yea rs, of cocaine has doubled in seven years, they are saying. it is remarkable figures. we were talking about this before we came on. this is research that was done i

divorce only became legal in the republic of ireland just over 20 years ago, and that referendum in 1985with a tiny margin, just 50.3%, here we are some 23, 2a years later, and now we're looking at the figures you've just quoted there, more than 80% supporting these changes to the timeframe required for couples to have lived apart. it's a massive amount of change, and social upheaval, really. and voters were asked to vote not just on the timeframe, it was a single question, but two changes — a change to the timeframe for divorce, but also changes to the rules recognising foreign divorces, to make that more consistent in the constitution, and to make life easier, really, for people in this situation. it seems to have been really a period of very rapid transition, from a country that was largely dominated by the catholic church to a country which is very much loosening those ties, and making an emphatic statement about the loosening of those ties, by changing those laws on various social issues. officials say a british man has died on mount everest, bringing the death toll to ten this seas

our chris smith and also unionists councillor for the town of them are i mean dawn ago in the republic of ireland pierce doherty is a chef and famed t.d.o. m.p. for gonna go southwest hello everybody thanks for joining us on the stream hi i'm going to start susan on your twitter feed as a story here you've pinned it to the top of your twitter feed. that's why we're all talking here susan mckay on your twitter feed my tribute to lira there in the key didn't die in the course of irish freedom she was irish freedom and this is your tribute to. the whole world was watching what happened and and how this young journalist died what does it tell us about where we are in northern ireland and i enjoy it now this staff with this journalist how would you explain where we are. i think that there's an enormous coming out of grief and distress about the death of lear in the k. and i think that's not just because she was a young person she was only twenty nine years old. i think it's partly because in her personality and in what she did was kind of like a personification of what we wanted ireland to be after th

divorce only became legal in the republic of ireland over 20 years ago and that referendum in 1995 pastn 1995 past by a tiny margin, just 50.3%. here we are some 23 or 2a years later and 110w we are some 23 or 2a years later and now we are looking at more than 88% supporting these changes to the timeframe required for couples to have lived apart. it is a massive amount of change and social upheaval, really. voters were asked to vote not just upheaval, really. voters were asked to vote notjust on the timeframe but on two changes, the change to the timeframe but also changes to the timeframe but also changes to the rules recognising foreign divorces. to make those recognised by the constitution. it seems to have been a period of rapid transition from a country that was largely dominated by the catholic church to a country that is very much loosening those ties and making an emphatic statement about the loosening of those ties by changing those laws on various social issues. there are few, if any, developed nations i would argue that have actually made these changes at such actually made t

contrast the way in which small nations are treated within the bigger ring of the eu, look at the republic of ireland us in wales have come to the conclusion that maybe we are leaving the wrong union, because in this so—called united kingdom, unfortunately, the history of wales is that we have been a second—class country within this union, whereas we could be an equal member of that wider eu. of the problem is, you say you are the party of the welsh people, but they voted to leave the eu. well... i have agonised about this question, and... have you got it right? the way that i have understood what happened is that in a sense, there we re happened is that in a sense, there were many reasons for people voting the way they did in the referendum, andi the way they did in the referendum, and i will not pretend that i will ca ptu re all and i will not pretend that i will capture all of them. but i think at the heart of it, in many of those coalfield communities, where i come from, it was partly an expression of deep dissatisfaction with the political establishment and the state of life. we had been bumping

further south in the republic of ireland, the irish prime minister leo varadkar has said theresa may's be dangerous for ireland. it is a country that could be most exposed to the effects of a hard brexit. if there were to be a eurosceptic candidate taking on the role, they could go potentially for a no—deal brexit. trepidation in ireland tonight and nervousness in northern ireland as well, a place in which the majority of people voted to remain, about who will step into theresa may's shoes. here in cardiff bay the labour first minister has said that the conservative leadership contest is the last thing that the country needs right now. welsh conservative politicians have praised theresa may's dedication, but they are calling for the party to come together to deliver on the brexit that people voted for. 0verall, wales voted to leave the european union and there is a feeling that both conservatives and labour here will feel the impact of a surge of support for the brexit party when the results of the european elections are announced. the perspectives from wales, northern ireland and scot

further south, in the republic of ireland tonight, the irish prime minister has said that theresa may'stially be very dangerous for ireland, the country potentially most exposed to the effects of a ha rd most exposed to the effects of a hard brexit. if a eurosceptic candidate could take on the —— took on the role, they could advocate a no—deal brexit. the majority of people here voted to remain in the eu, and there is concern about who could step into theresa may's shoes. here in cardiff bay, the labour first minister, mark drake ford, has said that a conservative leadership campaign is the last thing that the country needs at this time. many welsh conservative politicians have defended theresa may's dedication, but there are calls for the party to come together to deliver the brexit that the country voted for. wales overall voted to leave the european union, and there is a feeling that both the conservatives and labour here could feel the impact of a surge of support for the brexit party when the results of the european elections are announced. sian lloyd, emma vardy and sarah smith, t

now, further south tonight in the republic of ireland, irish prime minister lee over radtke said theresae very dangerous for ireland. it is the country that could be potentially the most exposed to the effects of a hard brexit and if there were to be a brexiteer eurosceptic there were to be a brexiteer eurosce ptic candidate taking there were to be a brexiteer eurosceptic candidate taking on the new prime minister's role and could go for a no deal brexit. for all that, some trepidation in ireland tonight and some nervousness in northern ireland too, a place where the majority of people chose to remain, about who who steps into theresa may's shoes. here in cardiff bake, the labour first minister mark drakeford has said that conservative leadership contest is the last thing the country needs right now. welsh conservatives politicians have praised theresa may's determination but they are calling for the country to come together to deliver on the brexit people voted for. overall wales voted to leave the european union and there's a feeling both conservatives and labour here will feel the imp

ireland so the thing that is supposed to avoid a hard border between northern ireland that's part of the u.k. and the republic of ireland that is part of the e.u. that seems untouchable i mean that's the core principle of the european union the smallest member of the e.u. is more important to the e.u. in this case ireland than a big outsider like the u.k. will maybe some day be an already isn't the case in the case of this now the 2nd thing is the political agreement that's sort of outlining what the future relationship between the u.k. and the e.u. could look like and that's where the e.u. is flexible but again that is not legally binding that was what 3 some i may try them till the end changed that maybe to give it to give a more positive outlook to give the hardliners a little something so they can agree on this it has not worked and if it you know you have to decision in the u.k. was against that actual. as against a recent may 3 some way out of the picture that because we don't even know who will succeed. ok we seem to be having some technical difficulties thanks to max hoffman for us in brussels now we'

come in there is the possible chance of a border pull whereby the people of northern ireland votes to become reunited with the republic of ireland how likely is that scenario. well it's probably going to happen in the long term in say 5 or 10 years but not in the short term would. in the 1st place it wouldn't it wouldn't get a majority in the short term whatever about the long term also it could cause the main security problems as well could cause a resurgence of violence coming from the loyalist pro british paramilitaries ok we'll have to leave it there but thank you so much for your thoughts to going to britain joining us there from wexford in the republic of arlen's well let's stay with the view from europe i'm joined by natasha butler a correspondent in paris and that's our charlotte very clearly very concerned about those developments how does the rest of europe react since its use. all the big question for most european leaders of the resignation of trees in may is of course how will all of this affect that process we've heard from the french president's about all that call he's calling for a rapid clarification

further south tonight in the republic of ireland, irish prime minister leo varadkar has said theresand. it is the country which could potentially be the most exposed to the effects ofa be the most exposed to the effects of a hard brexit, and if they were to bea of a hard brexit, and if they were to be a brexiteer euroskeptic candidate taking on the new prime minister's role, and who could potentially go for an ideal brexit. so there is some trepidation in ireland tonight and some nervousness here in northern ireland as well, a place in which the majority of people voted to remain, about who is going to step into theresa may's shoes. here in cardiff bay, the labour first minister mark drake that has said that a conservative leadership contest is the last thing but the country needs right now. welsh conservative politicians have raised theresa may's dedication, but they are calling for the party to come to gather to deliver on the brexit that people voted for. —— praised. overall wales voted to leave the european union and there isa leave the european union and there is a feeling that

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regulation well our balcony is a digital rights activist who joins me now via skype from cork in the republic of ireland good to have you with us live on al-jazeera really interesting an important meeting between mark zuckerberg of the french president i mean they want to seem to clear up how to control and police hate speech and fake news on social media and. media giants you might say like facebook to pay their taxes. which is a good thing i mean i don't think anyone can argue that these companies must be paying their taxes in fact given their talks effects on human rights and on democracy we should probably be taxing them at a much higher rate we should probably be taxing them like we tax big tobacco so let's start thinking about that let's start thinking about taxing big data big tech like big tobacco and beyond that though i think we have to ask ourselves what is it we really want do we want better censorship do we want these organizations to become better filters of our reality do we want our governments involved in that or do we perhaps want to start looking at alternatives where that people woul

further south in the republic of ireland tonight, the irish prime minister has said that theresa may'se potentially very dangerous for ireland. the country most potentially exposed to the effects of a heart brexit. if a euro sceptic candidate were to take oi'i euro sceptic candidate were to take on the role, it could advocate a new job exit. there is nervousness in ireland tonight and here in northern ireland tonight and here in northern ireland where the majority of people voted to remain in the eu about who is going to step in theresa may's shoes. here in cardiff bay, the labour first shoes. here in cardiff bay, the labourfirst minister shoes. here in cardiff bay, the labour first minister mark dra keford has said that a conservative leadership campaign is the last thing that the country needs at this time. many welsh conservative politicians have defended theresa may's dedication but there are calls for the party to come together to deliver the brexit that the country voted for. whales overall voted to leave the european union. and there isa leave the european union. and there is a

brag that uncertainty has also been on the voters' minds in northern ireland particularly the future of the border with the republic of ireland which has been a major sticking point in the u.k.'s e.u. withdrawal as good under sentence he's there for us in belfast andrew has this predominantly been about bragg's that or are there other issues for northern ireland as well. where you hit on a major point there the border will the border end up being a hard border with the return of controls of fickle checkpoints of customs posts the days of old will be a factor here because people will look back on them the days of violence when the issue was republican i'll race a whole three decades of violence so this is really a concern about bret's it this remember is a place that did not want to leave europe there was a majority in favor of remaining so that is a fact the d u p the main unit is party here and the shin fein the republican party both of those two parts were power sharing government had devolved government but that broke down two years ago that in. is a major issue we went to county to rome to assess what's going o

in the republic of ireland they accepted that it was known that there was risk and in the 1990s, full compensation. why can we not do the same in the united kingdom? >> i commend the honorable lady for work she has with others in this house to ensure the inquiry takes place. it is an independent inquiry. we are insuring it is required with other resources, the chairman of the inquiry requires and identifies as being needed for that inquiry. this is something that should have taken place earlier, something about which there are those who have the start of the campaign to ensure this could be held. it is important to get to the bottom of this issue and that is why we are insuring the inquiry has the resources. >> order. [inaudible conversations] >> also on wednesday, members of a parliamentary committee questioned prime minister may on the state of the brexit negotiations.

resolve the sticking points over the irish boards or at the moments northern ireland since parts of the u.k. and the republic of ireland to both parts of the e.u. with people and goods passing through the between that scene the fear is that after breaks at a hard boards or will separate the scene arlen's checks and inspections regime pulls and threatening trades and the good for. peace agreements to avoid this the e.u. and the u.k. decided on a fallback plan or a backstop which would keep the border open and free of restrictions after the brics transition period in the absence of a new trade deal but that sparks a political backlash with critics saying it could leave britain tied to the e.u. in definitely well taken that britain is a former political correspondent for the irish times and snow a columnist for the irish music joins us now from wexford in republican violence thank you so much for speaking to us here on al-jazeera arlen's isn't a very difficult situation because of the situation we've just line to because the solution engineered to deal with the u.k. leaving the us is unacceptable to so many pra

jermainejenas republic of ireland affected his family. elessness, because i've got to go home and tell my kids, i've lost myjob. and people actually shout about it on the terraces, "you're getting sacked in the morning." a big joke. lam, actually, yeah, and i've got to go home, and i'm a failure. these guys are going to face this soon, the wayjermaine faced it, leaving the profession, you've got to find another world. and i had to find a community. i used to go to the local gym and i was having cups of tea with all the old boys there because all of a sudden they were people i could talk to and have a chat with and i had a bit of a routine and i was at least keeping fit and keeping my... but that would be a big jump for anybody in their life, if you lose yourjob. you feel helpless, and you've got to tell your family and people will need money to pay their bills. that stress and on top of that feeling of actually, i've got no routine in my life and i'm not connecting with people. it's a great watch. so many people got in touch last night abo

uncertainty has also been on voters' minds in northern ireland particularly the future of the border with the republic of ireland a major sticking point in the u.k. c.e.u. withdrawal andrew symonds joins us now from bellport faso andrew the whole issue of the border there a very contentious one when it comes to braise it how is that been reflected in local election results there. will brics it is certainly a factor but it's much more clear cut in the political sense here because each party has a clear policy either remain or leave and so there isn't the mix the merge the there's the real merge of views and tensions that you see in england you haven't seen a backlash backlash so far with results although we only have just over twenty percent in so far there has been one really interesting factor which doesn't just relate to bricks it it's a pro remain party it's across community party which is an interesting factor here it is both protestant and catholic and it's called the alliance party they're making gains this is early days it has to be said but this is cross community politics and there is such a

and rain affecting the far north—east of scotland, bits of rain perhaps moving through the republic of irelandgressively more u nsettled, becoming progressively more unsettled, some ring around as well but not a wash—out. plenty of dry, even bright weather over the bank holiday weekend, those temperatures are staying around the mid to high teens, we get some sunshine, still feeling quite one. goodbye. hello, it‘s tuesday, it‘s ten o‘clock, i‘m victoria derbyshire. good morning. this morning — the impact of rape. in a searing exclusive interview with this programme, a woman raped by a former worcestershire county cricketer who was taking part in a "game" to see how many women he could have sex with, describes the ptsd, recurrent nightmares, partial paralysis of her face, and panic attacks she‘s suffered as a result. hepburn has no idea, i believe, the extent of what his stupid actions that night caused. there are no winners here, in terms of his competition, in terms of both of our futures. there are no winners here. he has no idea the...

if the eu and uk can't agree on how to avoid a hard border between northern irealand and the republic of irelandinister on why this is the compromise that could get her deal over the line. i have listend to concerns from across the political spectrum, i have done all i can to address them. and today, i am making a serious offer to mps across parliament. a new brexit deal. as part of that deal, i will continue to make the case for the conservative party to be united behind a policy that can deliver brexit. nine out of ten conservative mps have already given the withdrawal agreement their backing. and i want to reach out to every single one of my colleagues to make the very best offer i can make to them. the problem is these concessions to other parties seem to be turning conservative mps who used to support her deal against it. here's a tweet from robert halfon. she performed a major change attacked a few months aback when she decided to not try and persuade the most hardened brexiteers in a party, but to negotiate the opposition. in the last few days, the talks finish without any particular outc

take down a path that's very dangerous for his country at the moment northern ireland is part of the u.k. and the republic of ireland are both in the e.u. therefore people and goods pass freely the fear is that after a hard border will separate the 2 ireland's.

smith things and also unionists councillor for the town of them are i mean dawn ago in the republic of ireland pierce doherty is a shared fame team deal and pay for gone of course southwest hello everybody thanks for joining us on the screen hi i'm going to start susan on your twitter feed as a story here you've pinned it to the top of your twitter feed. so why we're all talking here susan mackay on your twitter feed my tribute to nearer nearer mickey do. in the course of irish freedom she was irish freedom and this is your tribute to. the whole world was watching what happened then and how this young journalists diet what does it tell us about where we are in northern ireland and i enjoy it now the staff of this journalist would explain where we are. i think that there is an enormous. grief and distress about the death of lira mickey and i think that's not just because she was a young person she was only twenty nine years old. i think it's partly because in her personality and what she did was kind of like a personification of what we wanted our land to be after the good friday agreement . sh

trade is part of itand our reasons, of course trade is part of it and our relationship with the republic of irelandthe good friday agreement. we thought we'd moved beyond that to a point will be further focused on working together. ina further focused on working together. in a community that was wider than us in a community that was wider than us in the european union and by taking that away it has undermined the process here in northern ireland. you do not hear that in westminster because it is not in the interests of the dup to make that case. and sinn fein do not take their seats in westminster so what you're hearing coming from northern ireland is a very pro—brexit message that flies in the face of what business says, and what the agricultural sector say, there are very concerned about the impact of brexit. thank you very much indeed. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett with the forecast. we have seen quite a few showers earlier on today. and we had cold airand earlier on today. and we had cold air and heavy showers. but here in wales a different story, ending with these blue ski

ireland in the event of no deal. that would be the same as the checks they would put in place elsewhere. the point is that a roundabout 1% of goods entering the republic as well?|j ireland beyond 1%. would that be your understanding as well? i think perhaps it might be helpful if i say what the commission itself said in their press notice on the 25th of march which was, in a no deal scenario uk would become a third country without any transition arrangements fault of the eu would be required to immediately imply —— a plate full comparison of the pot with uk which include checks and controls customs, cemetery and verification of yunos. uk citizens we re verification of yunos. uk citizens were no longer be said is that you, there would be subject to additional checks when crossing borders into the eu. despite the integral preparation to member states, customs authorities, these could cause delays at the border. i think the european union themselves were clear that there would obviously be checks taking place which currently do not take place at the border. you share my frustration and the frustration of many that the northern ireland border is being use

this friday it's the turn of ireland anti-czech republic to head to the polls. the rest of the european block apart from the u.k. and netherlands, will be casting their ballots over the weekend. france is among the last to be casting its votes on sunday. this fridaday as a a result is last day of campaigning for candidates. french overseas territories, will be voting on saturday. polls consistently show la pen's far right party is ahead of macron's party. we have more. >> french european candidates have until midnight on friday to sway voters ahead of election this is weekend. latest polls show la pen is in the lead with an expected 25% of the votes. and president macron's party is a couple of points behind. to beat the far right, president macron wants to mobilize younger voters. will be taking a part in a debate on youtube friday. and thursday of his newly form environmental defense counsel. he highlighted his green credentials. environment is a key election concern ahead of terrorism and immigration, especially for the young. >> when it comes to the environmen

kicked off the european elections by casting their ballots on thursday today is out of ireland and the czech republic with the remaining 24 member states following suit this weekend let's take a look at what's at stake. the european union it's the world's largest single market with the 2nd largest g.d.p. just behind the united states and ahead of china and it has a common currency the euro but not all members benefit in the same way germany earns 3 times as much from exports within the e.u. as italy the bloc doesn't have customs checks or tariffs within its borders everyone can live work and offer goods and services in any other country even so quality of life still varies dramatically with average hourly wages ranging from 4 euros to 43 and solidarity the british have had enough of migration from eastern europe while hungary the czech republic and poland are refusing to take in middle eastern and african migrants. the e.u. could do a better job of promoting itself for many it seems inaccessible technocratic and under the sway of lobbyists there has been some improvement rules on how crooked cucumber

in every of the 28 member states a different story and a different campaign is going on so it's very hard to predict what in the end will be the outcome as you mentioned czech republic and ireland are voting today force other nations over the course of the weekend what are we looking for and what can we expect well the last polls will close in italy in front on sunday night at 10 pm and then all of the results will be tallied and the polls so far say the right being pumped is well when it's a big fight between the liberal and it is liberal democracies about the right wing has been not take over they've been but not be strong enough to really influence the european parliament but the social democrats and the conservative really all together lose it will be much harder to form majorities in the future parliament than take out for us in amsterdam thank you so much. and i will bring you some of the other stories making news around the world the united states has issued 17 new charges against wiki leaks founder julian assange the australian is in custody in london after being evicted last month from the ecuadorian embassy. is seeking his extradition and the new charges go way beyond

of a referendum in nortrthern ireland --- whihich thehey calla board of total. by which they mean a referendum on whether the north of ireland should be reunited with the south the republic about. just one question to finish with and robert before before we go where where do you see things in a couple of months time we're we're we're we've we're we're right in the middle of the e. u. elections as well which of course could change - -- the situtuation quite fundamentallys well in europe -- vis a vis at the political stance -- but at least it in in the coming months and yearsrs towards that wherero you see things going in the next couple of months can you give us a sense of how. you view the near future in terms of break this on to the you. well to resume has announced she was done done. as conservative party leader onn ththe seventh o of june. so that's just in two weeks tim. the conservatative party leadership election will then take place [inaudible] because please select to root for the new leader of the conservative party. of the one hundred and twenty thousand also members of the conservative party. most of whom support brexit. and many of whom support a hard brexit.

look at the challenges facing him and also coming up it's day 2 of the day in the european parliament elections the czech republic and ireland will go to the polls to me explain why does elections could be the most important thing for decades. and in the bonus legal play off 1st leg 2nd division in berlin grab a battling draw at stuttgart to leave the german top flight within reach. welcome to the program. indian prime minister narendra modi is preparing to hold talks on forming a new cabinet following his landslide win in the country's elections vote counting is set to be completed in the next few hours 1st results show modi is hindu nationalist speech if he is likely to secure a larger majority that his 1st term. it's not our interim ots hour of triumph. elected for a 2nd term is india's prime minister the head of the hindu nationalist to be j.p. party bust in the adulation of the crowds but in his victory speech modi struck a modest turn. me on my vote he said that this election is not fought by the majority. it's not fought by the hopefuls. it's not fought by politicians this election is being fought by the people of thi